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On March 17th, 2025, the first test
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flight of the Superjet 100 passenger
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aircraft with the latest Russian PD8
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engines took place in Kumosk
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Aamur. The board was in the air for
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about 40 minutes, reached a speed of 500
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kmh and an altitude of up to 3,000 m,
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confirming all the characteristics.
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Previously, this engine rose into the
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sky only as part of the IL76 flying
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laboratory. Thus, March 17th can be
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considered the official wedding day of
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the new engine and the Super Jet if
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expressed in the slang of aircraft
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manufacturers. To fully understand the
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importance of the moment, let us briefly
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recall the difficult fate of the
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Superjet, which became the first
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civilian large-scale aircraft developed
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in Russia after the collapse of the
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In order to quickly bring it to
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international markets, it was decided to
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supply the novelty with SAM 146 engines
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of French Russian production and other
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foreign components. This allowed us to
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quickly obtain all certificates and
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enter foreign markets. While he was
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never accepted there, one of the reasons
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right. The problem of that engine and
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specifically its hot part which was
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produced by the French turned out to
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require much more frequent overhaul.
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After 2014, difficulties began with the
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supply of imported components. And in
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2022, the Europeans completely suspended
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the certificate. But back in 2019, the
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development of an updated aircraft began
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in which about 40 systems had to be
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opponents avionics, hydraulics, flight
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control system, power supply, air
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conditioning, fire protection,
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navigation, and others. In fact, it was
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about the creation of a new product
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because in the aircraft industry, the
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replacement of even one unit often
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entails the need for a complete redesign
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of new tests and long-term
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That is why today there is not a single
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country in the world that produces such
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aircraft entirely on its own. Even in
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Soviet times we relied on a wide network
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of cooperations including not only the
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Union republics but also foreign states.
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However, now it was necessary to
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reassemble the super jet and most
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importantly to create a new engine for
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it which is capable of only five
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countries in the world including ours.
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And this is what it follows.
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Sometimes you have to hear that it takes
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a very long time to create filter 8. But
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this is an absurd statement because work
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started only in 2020. And it is not
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difficult to calculate that only 5 years
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passed until one flight which is a
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standards. And this despite the fact
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that not everything went smoothly and
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the engine had to be finalized literally
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on the go. The high speed is explained
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among other things by the fact that the
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new engine used technologies and
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approaches from its older brother PD14.
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Nevertheless, the result is still
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remarkable, especially taking into
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account the fact that our enterprises
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are implementing other complex projects
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in parallel. Tests of the PD8 bring the
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start of mass production of the updated
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superjets closer. But here's what many
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are talking about in this story. The
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engine will give two life to another
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B200. Our trouble is to fly the world's
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only amphibious jet plane. In just 15
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seconds, it is able to take on board 12
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tons of water. Its land counterpart
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during extinguishing, for example,
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forest fires have to return to the
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airfield each time to replenish tanks.
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While the amphibian is able to perform
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about 10 times as many fence discharge
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cycles in the same time picking up water
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from rivers, lakes or
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seas. Every summer 200B help fight fires
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across the country. They rarely go
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abroad. When last year the fiery
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apocalypse played out in California, we
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reminded the Americans that earlier for
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political reasons they abandoned the
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contract for the purchase of 10 of our
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aircraft in the SSH and there are no
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analoges of their own and for
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extinguishing they use a dozen outdated
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Canadian turborops Canodia CL415 with
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At the moment, we continue to produce
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new BE200 at the Tagenrog plant and
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execute an order for Algeria. It is high
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time to replenish our own aircraft
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fleet, but it was difficult due to the
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lack of engines. The fact is that B200
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was designed for engines of the D436
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family developed by the Ukrainian
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company ifo Progress and produced at the
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company Motor. Although Russian
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factories in particular the UFA motor
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building plant, Unity also participated
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in cooperation. A significant part of
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the components including the gas
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generator were produced by neighbors.
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After the break of communication, we got
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into a difficult situation, but the
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reserve of engines and spare parts saved
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us, which however are not endless.
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Fortunately, this week the air rose
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under an eight and will install it not
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only on super jets but also on NAB 200
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which will undoubtedly breathe life into
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project 2. That's why it was so
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important for us to create this a new
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engine and preferably as soon as
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possible. But what happens next? Two
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more experimental engines PD8 will be
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transferred for flight test in the
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coming days. Receipt of the type
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certificate is expected this autumn and
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serial production of the updated super
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jets next year at the production center
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in Ksumsk on Ammo is already in varying
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degrees of readiness. The first 22 cars.
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We hope to restart the project
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soon. We also do not forget about other
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expected events which are already
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undergoing tests of ground systems and
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preparing for test flights. one
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prototype of the MC21 aircraft with a
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domestic engine and other systems and
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U114300 continues certification flights
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having already completed more than 20%
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of the program. Work continues to expand
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the production capacity of TU214
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aircraft. So there are still a lot of
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significant events ahead and we will
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continue to tell you about them on our
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channel. By the way, while we were
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preparing this issue, it became known
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about the second flight of the superjet
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with PD8 during which he spent O24 in
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the air, rising 2 and 1/2 times higher.
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During the tests, the engines were
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switched off and started in the air,
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which is one of the important
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stages. We wish all participants in the
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process success and new achievements
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further to other technologies.
